Decision Memo Completed

Desolation Trail reroute

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Salt Lake, Utah Salt Lake Ranger District

The SLRD is proposing to reroute a short section of the Desolation trail (#019) in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The proposed reroute is just east of the junction of the Mill D to Dog Lake and Mill D to Desolation trails on the Mill D - Deso Lake Trail.

Location

Desolation and GWT trails below Dog Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
12/12/2013
2
Decision
06/2014 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
08/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (1), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(1)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityDispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Trail Management; Watershed Improvements
DM for Desolation Trail: Mill D to Desolation Trail RelocationDecision Signed Date: 06/23/2014
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsSalt Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionR2E, T1S, Sec. 6
Watershed managementRecreation management